NCAA Grapples With Covering Cost of Attendance for Athletes

By Libby Sander

An NCAA
proposal to narrow the gap between athletic scholarships and
the full cost of attendance has been touted as a way of getting
more money to needy athletes and bringing athletic aid up to the
level of academic aid. But a Chronicle analysis shows that
Division I athletes, on the whole, appear to be better off,
financially speaking, than the general student body—and
financial-aid experts say